.Beginning on the first Friday of Lent, February 16th, Holy Mass will be celebrated in Finnish on Fridays in the Studium Catholicum chapel. On Mondays and Wednesdays Mass will be in English, as before.

Pope Francis has announced that the second Friday of Lent, February 23rd, will be a special day of prayer and fasting for peace. At the Studium we will observe this day with half an hour of Adoration after the Mass at noon.

Christmas Break

Please note that the Studium Catholicum will be closed from December 24th, 2015, until January 10th, 2016.

We would also like to point out that Holy Mass is celebrated at the Studium chapel in English on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12 noon. Please consult our calendar, however, as there are the occasional changes to the programme.

The Adoration of the Magi by an unknown illuminator, early 16th century. Image: Getty Open Content.